1976 Corvette Stingray Restoration

Over the past year and a half I've been doing a frame on restoration of my '76 corvette. Most everything has been replaced, repaired or modified in some way with some customization along the way. The paint was most recent and something I did mostly on my own but the painter did the body work and sprayed the car but I did the striping, teardown of the car, sanding all the layers of primer and color sanding after the paint was layed down.

Now it's time to enjoy driving the car and going to some local cruise in nights.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1976 corvette
• stingray
• restoration

[chevyv8350]

whats the name of the first song

[carissawabo]

@chevyv8350 Joe Satriani "It's So Good" from his Super Colossal album

[AeroSport103]

It's more than obvious you dumped a ton of time and money into your car! Why did you top end only the engine?

[carissawabo]

@AeroSport103 Great question. Mostly because the compression test and cylinder leak down test was good enough to go with just the top end buying some more time to work on other visual aspects of the car. Later this year I plan on pulling the engine and rebuilding or replacing the short block, working the heads and going with a Retro Roller cam set up. Just boiled down to what had to be done and what could be done later.

[aero3030]

one of my favs, question about the rear clip (bumper)...is it stock or is it from a later year corvette, most stingrays i have seen have no wing. I definitely like the stingray the way yours is.

[carissawabo]

@aero3030 it's a fiberglass reproduction of the 1980-1982 corvettes a previous owner had already installed. I do agree with you, it looks much better than no spoiler. Thanks!

[chevyv8350]

good work too that corvette save the wave

[theblame01]

Awesome work!!!!!

[carissawabo]

@burnoutking1971 Centerline Wheels Champ 506. 18" x 8" with a 4" backspace. Tires are Nexen 255/45ZR18. everything clears perfect. Factory rally wheels have a 3 5/8" rear spacing so 4-4 1/2" usually works without any problem. 5" or more and you'll have to relocate the emergency brake cable mount or use offset trailing arms.

I was looking for more handling than wider rear for traction plus just a clean look.

[carissawabo]

@burnoutking1971 no I didn't fill it, I wish we would have but the amount of time and other costs kept me from doing it. Luckily it's easy enough to do in the future and I may do so. The extra clearance was well worth it to me plus there is an opening on the back side to help vent warm air out. It is straight and took a few extra shims in my case but that will vary from one car to another. All in all I would recommend it for sure.

Yours sounds really good too, cant go wrong with a 383.